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Expert in Mechanical Engineering Design and Analysis; Motor Vehicle Accident Reconstruction; Job Accidents
Available for your Consulting and Expert Witness Needs
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Summary of Expertise:
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Expert has over 40 years of experience in mechanical engineering. Expert has designed a high strength wheel for a monorail people mover. He designed and patented a pollution control valve for an automobile engine. He also designed an intervalometer for firing missiles from a helicopter. For a client, he designed and analyzed the second stage of the Spartan missile. He has also designed and tested prototype of an AC power supply for battery powered hand tools. He can perform field-testing of product prototypes, testing of motor vehicles and scale modeling. He has experience performing statistical analysis of experimental data. He can assist with Intellectual property legal disputes involving mechanical and electromechanical equipment and inventions. He has been performing forensic analysis of the causation of accidents involving mechanical equipment. He is very familiar with forensic investigation methods and can provide root-Cause analysis. He has experience with the following types of accidents: Motor vehicle accidents; industrial accidents; construction site accidents; heavy equipment accidents; Slip, trip, and fall accidents.
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Show Secondary and Basic Areas of Expertise | Localities:
Expert may consult nationally and internationally, and is also local to the following cities: Dallas, Texas;
Fort Worth, Texas;
Arlington, Texas;
Plano, Texas;
Garland, Texas;
Irving, Texas;
Grand Prairie, Texas;
Mesquite, Texas;
Waco, Texas;
and Carrollton, Texas.
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1967
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PhD
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Engineering Mechanics
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Univ. of Texas
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1965
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MS
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Engineering Mechanics
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Univ. of Texas
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1962
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BA
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Mechanical Engineering
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Columbia College, Columbia University, New York
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1976 to
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(Undisclosed)
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Chief Engineer and President
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Forensic analysis of the causation of accidents involving mechanical equipment.
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1967 to 2002
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Southern Methodist University
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Mechanical Engineering
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Professor Emeritus
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Designed and taught courses in undergraduate and graduate mechanical engineering in solid mechanics and design. Taught all courses in dynamics and mechanical measurements.
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1964 to 1967
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The University of Texas at Austin
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Structural Mechanics Research Lab
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Research Engineer
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Experimental testing of military hardware. Impact testing of metals at elevated pressure and temperature.
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Associations/Societies
ASME, ASSE, SME, SAE, ASW, ASM, SIGMA XI, TAU BETA PI, ASTM
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Licenses/Certifications
licensed Professional Engineer, Texas;
certified traffic accident reconstructionist, ACTAR (2001-2006)
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Awards/Recognition
Bronze Medal - US EPA 1974;
Outstanding Professor - SMU;
Distinguished Alumni - HHS,Henderson, Texas
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Publications and Patents Summary
one patent - mechanical valve;
many publications in testing;
one CD tutorial in accident reconstruction
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1972 to 1977
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US Environmental Protection Agency
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acoustics consultant
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designed noise control surveys
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1964 to 1964
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US Air Force
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consultant
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analysed a targeting system
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1965 to 1967
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US Army
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contract consultant
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performed testing and analysis of aerially dropped military vehicles
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1968 to 1972
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ONR
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research analyst
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research on sonar detection in underwater acoustics
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Expert Witness Experience Summary:
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Testified in local, county, state and Federal Courts over 70 times. Testified in depositions over 400 times in over 30 years.
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Recent Litigation Client Requests:
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Expert consulting on defective trailers.
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Automobile seat expert/engineer for consulting on driver seat malfunction causing accident.
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Expert for consulting on accident involving mini-excavator imported from Japan.
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TASA expert for consulting on mechanical engineer who has been involved in sudden acceleration cases.
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Truck design expert for consulting on design of Peterbilt truck blind spots and design defects.
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1971 to 1972
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Brazil
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Taught graduate experimental mechanics courses at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul at Porto Alegre, Brazil
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1971 to 1971
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Argentina
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Taught experimental mechanics at the National University at Tucuman in Tucuman, Argentina.
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Spanish
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Brazilian Portuguese
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French
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Italian and Russian
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Training/Seminars
Taught accredited mechanical engineering courses at the graduate and undergraduate level in mechanical engineering.
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